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re: "Two career" bands/artists
Posted on 10/31/17 at 2:57 pm to vandelay industries
Posted on 10/31/17 at 2:57 pm to vandelay industries
Genesis, Steve Winwood, Eric Clapton, RHCP
Posted on 10/31/17 at 3:59 pm to nskin10
definitely a slight deviation, but I'd say Joy Division/New Order...
Posted on 10/31/17 at 4:01 pm to TFTC
Also, prob doesn't count because they never went away... but there is definitely a Wilco and Wilco 2.0
This post was edited on 10/31/17 at 4:09 pm
Posted on 10/31/17 at 6:31 pm to Telecaster
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I'll submit one more: "The Killer" Jerry Lee Lewis. On top of the world, almost as big as Elvis; he married his 13 year old cousin - fell off the world. He started making country records in the late '60's and came back huge.
This could be a separate thread, with all the pop/rock types who slid over to country music.
Posted on 10/31/17 at 10:40 pm to vandelay industries
I feel like I should mention Iron Maiden. After a pretty long & successful run, Bruce Dickinson & Adrian Smith left, and for several years they slowly started circling the drain after a couple of mediocre albums with Blaze Bayley. Right when it seemed like it was time to call it a day, Dickinson & Smith came back. Not content with just living off their past, they've since released five studio albums (including a double, clocking in at 90+ minutes), and have done well on the concert trail too...
Posted on 10/31/17 at 11:23 pm to Apache
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Darius Rucker
Kenney Rodgers was a pretty successful light rock/pop artist in the late 60s early 70s, came back as a huge country artist later.
Posted on 11/1/17 at 6:29 am to Ace Midnight
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Frankly, this is bullshite
This is sig worthy Ace
Posted on 11/1/17 at 7:25 am to FightinTigersDammit
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with all the pop/rock types who slid over to country music.
Like Waylon fricking Jennings, just as one example - from Buddy Holly's touring bass player to the biggest outlaw in country music.
Hell, even the King himself - biggest thing in the history of entertainment, then Army, then movies, then huge comeback in the 1970s.
Posted on 11/1/17 at 8:36 am to MountainTiger
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I agree, and Division Bell is just a Gilmour solo album (to me). It seems like you needed the tension between Waters and Gilmour for it to be authentic Floyd.
Sorry about missing this post. I would agree if you said A Momentary Lapse Of Reason is a glorified Gilmour solo album, since the other members are mostly (or entirely, depending on who you ask) MIA on it...but I'd consider Division Bell a Floyd album, since Mason & Wright are on it prominently, and Wright has a lead vocal on a track + several co-writes. To me, it's no less Floyd than The Final Cut. But yeah, both albums would've benefited more if both Waters & Gilmour worked together.
As an aside, if they'd mixed the best songs from Division Bell with the best instrumentals from Endless River, it could've been a hell of an album IMO...
Posted on 11/1/17 at 8:43 am to Ace Midnight
Speaking of country artists, you could probably throw Johnny Cash's name in the hat too. After being dropped by his label, Rick Rubin then signed him & proceeded to expose him to a whole new generation & give his career a shot in the arm. Unfortunately he died not too long after that, but he went out on a high note...
Posted on 11/1/17 at 10:39 am to vandelay industries
Heart
There was the rockin 'Baracuda' and 'Magic Man' Heart of the 70's and then the power pop ballad Heart of the mid to late 80's.
YES
There was the super progressive rock YES of the 70's and then the new wave #1 hit band of the mid 80's.
Both of these examples were like totally different bands and are very good examples.
There was the rockin 'Baracuda' and 'Magic Man' Heart of the 70's and then the power pop ballad Heart of the mid to late 80's.
YES
There was the super progressive rock YES of the 70's and then the new wave #1 hit band of the mid 80's.
Both of these examples were like totally different bands and are very good examples.
Posted on 11/1/17 at 10:58 am to wareaglepete
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Both of these examples were like totally different bands
In the case of Yes, they were a totally different band. To the point that the original band had to start calling themselves Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman & Howe. [One call. That's all!]
Posted on 11/1/17 at 11:10 am to wareaglepete
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There was the rockin 'Baracuda' and 'Magic Man' Heart of the 70's and then the power pop ballad Heart of the mid to late 80's.
Although the core of the band has always been Ann and Nancy, as they allowed the record company make more decisions, "encourage" more collaborations with other songwriters, push Nancy to the forefront (as Ann decreasingly looked the part in the 1980s), they suffered a little crisis of artistic integrity. I do dig the eponymous album and Bad Animals, but it was a big change - not only more ballads (now, keep in mind, your '70s "rockin'" Heart had Dreamboat Annie - a fantastic album, but loaded with mellow numbers), but the more polished, "overproduced" sound of the 1980s.
So, while their sound was more like mentors Led Zeppelin, or mainstream rock acts like Grand Funk and so forth during the 1970s, the '80s stuff was more like Boston or hair metal (and the softer side of hair metal, at that). I guess they are a good analogy to Aerosmith who saw similar changes.
This post was edited on 11/1/17 at 11:12 am
Posted on 11/1/17 at 11:30 am to vandelay industries
Pretty impressive how Darius Rucker has reinvented his career as a country artist after experiencing a major amount of mainstream success with Hootie and the Blowfish.
Most great artists manage to remain relevant and styles always evolve, but Rucker's successful foray into another genre seems more dramatic than most.
Most great artists manage to remain relevant and styles always evolve, but Rucker's successful foray into another genre seems more dramatic than most.
Posted on 11/1/17 at 1:30 pm to vandelay industries
How about Warren Zevon? He was huge after Werewolves of London and a couple of other songs that got radio play. Then largely imploded his career and was playing in small venues. Then Letterman starts bringing him on, and he's fairly popular again by his death (the cancer publicity didn't hurt either).
Jimmy Buffett had a lull in his career when it wasn't hard at all to see him without huge crowds. Mid / late 80's.
Jimmy Buffett had a lull in his career when it wasn't hard at all to see him without huge crowds. Mid / late 80's.
This post was edited on 11/1/17 at 1:31 pm
Posted on 11/1/17 at 2:01 pm to MountainTiger
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In the case of Yes, they were a totally different band. To the point that the original band had to start calling themselves Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman & Howe. [One call. That's all!]
ABWH came later in the 80's. As far as YES goes, they changed members about every album. Squire was always there and Anderson most of the time. The line-up for 90125 started as just Squire, Tony Kaye, Alan White, and Trevor Rabin. All except Rabin had been in previous incarnations of YES. They were calling the band 'Cinema'. When Jon Anderson came on board to share the vocals, they really just had to change it back to being YES.
The Cinema name was very telling considering Rabin's long career doing movie soundtracks since the 90's.
Posted on 11/1/17 at 2:16 pm to vandelay industries
Bob Dylan has had numerous careers.
Folk Dylan
Electric Dylan
Country Dylan
Rock Dylan
Soul/Gospel Dylan
Blues/Jazz Dylan
Pop Dylan
Folk Dylan
Electric Dylan
Country Dylan
Rock Dylan
Soul/Gospel Dylan
Blues/Jazz Dylan
Pop Dylan
This post was edited on 11/1/17 at 2:18 pm
Posted on 11/1/17 at 4:50 pm to vandelay industries
I don't post here much but there is one answer that isn't really in a genre many here pay attention to but it really fits.....Charlie Wilson.
Lead signer of the Gap Band in the 70s and 80s, hit making machine and collaborator. Then got on drugs and band broke up.
Started comeback in mid-2000s as "Uncle Charlie" and now and has had much success and multiple grammy nominations since.
Lead signer of the Gap Band in the 70s and 80s, hit making machine and collaborator. Then got on drugs and band broke up.
Started comeback in mid-2000s as "Uncle Charlie" and now and has had much success and multiple grammy nominations since.
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